"Haha, you're giving me too much credit," Tobias replied.
"But their words are based on the strength you showed earlier. No one else can do that except you," praised a woman, a medic soldier who was still in Tobias' tent.
"I'm human. I can bleed and dying just like you, for example, right now," Tobias said.
"Tell the others, start cutting the rumors. Even if you don't understand the risks, it might cause more trouble if more people believe it," Tobias continued.
A witch clapped her hands once, her eyes crossed with her mouth open in an 'O' shape. The woman knew what Tobias meant.
"The founding of a new religion," the woman replied.
"That's right. That's what I'm afraid of. So, just act normal and pretend I'm someone who works hard so I can do something like that," Tobias said.
The two women before Tobias nodded. They certainly didn't want anything bad to happen; the chaos caused by the new religion was far worse than a war between kin
Hooktown was completely in Archibald's hands; the troops spread out to several places according to their groups. Some infantry soldiers were also on standby at places prone to attack, such as the border gate and forest edge.Tobias stopped riding, dismounted, and stepped closer to a wooden house where Heimer had stayed for a while. Laura and Edgar followed where Tobias went."You've chosen a nice house, My Lord," Laura replied, liking the taste of the house's furniture."Someone I know lived in it before the invasion. I quite like this house," Tobias said."Since there are three rooms, how about you stay with me? It's quite lonely if I live alone," Tobias pleaded."I have no problem with that, Lord Tobias," Edgar explained.Tobias smiled widely. The young man's eyes began to dart towards Laura, as did Edgar, standing next to the woman.Laura gasped, then smiled, "If you don't mind, I'll stay here.""Alright. You'd better start putting your gear away in your respective rooms," Tobias r
Gabriel, who heard Tobias' arrogant statement, began to walk closer to the man. The troops around Tobias began to alert, pulling out their swords and pointing them at Gabriel.The man's steps were stopped when several soldiers, more than the three, drew their weapons. Their gazes looked serious, defending Tobias' status, pride, and even life from dangerous people."They are from Equestria, born and raised there. What a pity you have to obey a man like him, a selfish man who only cares about his own interests!" groaned Gabriel.None of the soldiers near Tobias were fazed by Gabriel's words. Instead, they recalled the response from Equestria when Tobias asked for their help."We'd rather listen to someone like Tobias than follow cowards like you," said one of the soldiers, bringing a big smile to Tobias' face."WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" groaned Edgar Ludwig. He couldn't take it when someone called him a coward.The noble heir to the House of Ludwig
The city government office doors opened, the people in the meeting room immediately turned their eyes to the young man who just arrived. Tobias smiled, stepping inside and waving at them."Sorry, I'm late. There are a few things I need to do first," Tobias explained.Laura turned her body around, facing him fully, "Let me guess, you went to visit those three, right?""I've never doubted a sorcerer's guess," Tobias complimented, causing Laura to blush and giggle.The young man moved on until he reached his chair, the one in the center of the table. Edgar began to open the discussion, Laura, Tobias, and the squad's soldier leader began to listen."Now that we've taken the city, it wouldn't be a bad idea to start discussing the plan to attack Silkland," Edgar replied.He took a medium-sized scroll of paper from below, unfurling it on the meeting table where it was a map of the western region, Atrea. Tobias could see the map clearly, as well as
***Three days later.After days of marching and camping in the open fields with his troops, Tobias finally reached the forest area near Silkland.As he had expected, the city was completely unguarded by walls. However, the young man could catch several Valcke soldiers' movements.Tobias couldn't be sure of their number, but he knew that every entrance to the city was guarded by three to five soldiers.Laura was still near Tobias, as was Edgar. The three were prepared for any eventuality, especially Laura, who had been studying illusionary magic spells with her soldiers on the way to the city."A peaceful little city," Tobias said.He turned his head sternly, looking at Laura seriously, "Are you ready?"Laura nodded. She stretched her arms forward, followed by the hundreds of magical troops standing behind her, "You'd better stay back. I don't want anything bad to happen to my spellcasting."Tobias and Edgar, who were still sitting upright on their horses, nodded obediently at the wom
The sign that his sword technique was active was the katana blade emitting a sparkling white light. The young man knew what he had to do now.Because the distance was too far, Tobias jumped high toward the hundreds of Valcke troops chasing him. The sight of him jumping so fast towards them gave the soldiers time to duck out of the way.He landed on the ground in the middle of the hundreds of Valcke troops surrounding him. Grinning smiles were displayed on the soldiers' faces, mocking Tobias by saying his actions were foolish.[First Phase: Black Moon]A white aura began to emanate from Tobias' body, but it didn't make the soldiers flinch. They boldly ran towards the young man with strong, shrill shouts. Tobias closed his eyes, preparing to use his technique.A white aura appeared, and a large black circle continued to expand from under Tobias' feet until it reached a diameter of thirty meters.The size of the circle was much larger than before, so it could trap dozens of Valcke soldie
The battle was still going on that day when Tobias was recovering from the exhaustion caused by using Myurajin Moon's ultimate technique. Laura was also seen helping out as she recovered faster, thanks to the mana-restoring pills the medics had given her.She continued to fight together with her troops, using her main ability of magic to defeat the Valcke soldiers, who were not unyielding.Captain Edgar had shown the soldiers the head of the Valcke troop leader in the city, but they chose not to believe him and focused on withstanding the attacks from Tobias' troops.The battle was inevitable; casualties fell from both sides, but Valcke's troops in the city were the worst affected.Not only were they fighting without a chain of command, but the presence of all kinds of troops on Tobias' side made it difficult for the infantry to fight back.After recovering, Tobias was able to participate in the war again. However, the medic warned him not to go ov
***The next dayThe situation in Silkland City slowly became more favourable. Right when morning came, thousands of Valcke troops who were prisoners of war began to do their job, repairing the building conditions.The large number of Valcke troops required Edgar to alert as many troops as the number of prisoners. They were scattered to various places in the city with pre-determined tasks.Edgar and Laura were still inside the city, unlike Tobias, who was already outside the Silkland area, more precisely outside the south gate.He stood watching the city of Fairspire from a distance, accompanied by two soldiers on either side of him. Until now, Tobias hadn't seen any attack on the city, as planned earlier."What exactly are you looking at, Lord Tobias?" asked one of the soldiers, tired of waiting for Tobias since sunrise."Can you go there and do some spying for me?" asked Tobias."I-I can't. It's not my thing," said the soldie
***A week later."Some of the buildings have been repaired; almost 70% of the total number of buildings destroyed in the battle," Edgar explained.The man stood firmly beside Tobias, both of them looking at the three-story building that was now in the finishing stages of repair. The hundred prisoners of war working on the site were well supervised."With numbers like this, the city will be finished and ready for habitation by the day after tomorrow," Edgar said.Tobias nodded, his arms crossed over his chest, "Good. So what about the condition of our troops?""They're in good condition; not a single soldier has taken up residence in the city buildings," Edgar replied."I ordered them to stay in the campsite; they didn't protest," Edgar said."Thank goodness for that," Tobias replied.Now, Edgar and his troops were in charge of the prisoners of war's work, while Laura and her troops were focused on guarding the five entr